Suicide is a major public health concern in the United States. Between 2000 and 2018, US
suicide rates increased by 35%, contributing to the stagnation and subsequent decrease in …

Suicide in late life is an enormous public health problem that will likely increase in severity
as adults of the baby boom generation age. Data from psychological autopsy studies …

This paper documents a marked increase in the all-cause mortality of middle-aged white
non-Hispanic men and women in the United States between 1999 and 2013. This change …

The national cost of suicides and suicide attempts in the U nited S tates in 2013 was 58.4
billionbasedonreportednumbersalone.Lostproductivity(termedindirectcosts)representsmost …

Objective This paper examines the epidemiology of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in the
United States. Trends over two decades in homicide, assault, self-directed and unintentional …

We provide evidence for multidirectionality, variability, and plasticity in the nature and
direction of change in physical health, cognitive functioning, and well-being during the …

Importance Older adults have high rates of sleep disturbance, die by suicide at
disproportionately higher rates compared with other age groups, and tend to visit their …

After several decades of decline, US suicide rates have risen since 2005, a trend driven
largely by increases among those aged 45–64 that began in 1999. A prominent explanation …

Although the study of midlife has increased somewhat over the last decade, middle-aged
adults are often omitted from research on adult development and aging. Possible reasons …

Praise for the new edition: In this 7th edition of Physical Change and Aging: A Guide for the
Helping Professions the authors, Drs. Saxon, Etten and Perkins, bring to all health care …